by Michael Pye · Penguin Books · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780241963838
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«The Edge of the World: How the North Sea Made Us Who We Are» is the historical essay by Michael Pye, published by Penguin Books in paperback (400 pages, in English).
Michael Pye reconstructs how the North Sea transformed northern Europe between the Viking age and the Enlightenment, from a marginal region to a centre of empires, science and commerce. With saints, spies, fishermen, pirates and merchants as protagonists, he shows how maritime routes spread goods, ideas and technologies.
The essay «The Edge of the World» was originally published in 2014; this edition came out in 2015.
The book «The Edge of the World» is aimed at readers of European and maritime history, with an interest in the Middle Ages, the Vikings and modernity.
